Israel testing missile attack cellphone warning system
Source: Xinhua
Israel testing missile attack cellphone warning system
English.news.cn 2012-08-12 19:38:02
JERUSALEM, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Israel Defense Force (IDF) Home Front Command on Sunday initiated a week-long test of an alert system that texts a message to cellphones located in areas likely to be hit in a missile strike.
The "Personal Message" system was developed in recent years and is expected to become operational within a month.
The system delivers area-specific warnings, based on projections of the incoming trajectory of an unguided rocket or ballistic missile.
The early-alert system is meant to offer more specific guidance to residents than existing air raid sirens.
Recent reports on a possible Israeli attack on Iran to halt its nuclear program have stirred up public concern over how to best prepare the home front.
However, sources at the Home Front Command told Xinhua that the experiment was already in planning stages, and that the test's timing does not imply an escalated chance of war.
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